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2019 SESSION
HB 1970 Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Telemedicine services; coverage. Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to SB 1221.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102304D pdf
- 01/29/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105496D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102304D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/11/19 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/23/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105496D-H1
- 01/31/19 House: Read first time
- 02/01/19 House: Read second time
- 02/01/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105496D-H1
- 02/01/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1970H1
- 02/04/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/19 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/19 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/15/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER)
- 02/15/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/19/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- 02/19/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/05/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)